Wednesday, March 30, 2011

EGGed! An Easter Tradition

For the last few years my kids have really enjoyed the Halloween Phantom that has made his way through our neighborhood. You might have had posters on doors last October that said "We've Been Boo'd" or something similar. If you are unfamiliar with this tradition you can surely find more about it with a simple search online.

I won't go into explaining that here... but that was my inspiration.

I wanted to come up with a fun way to promote the same kind of excitement leading up to Easter. And what a better way to do that than with Easter eggs, right?

This Easter, I'm encouraging you and your kids to go EGG your friends! Let's start a new tradition and enjoy some spring time fun! This is surely an Easter activity your family will enjoy.

You will need one copy for each friend. These are in color, unlike what you see below... so if you have a color printer they will look even nicer. We rolled the two pages together and tied them with a ribbon.

Plan your "drop". You want to find a time to hide the eggs in your friend's yard when they aren't out and about, and not likely to catch you! Be sneaky, quiet and quick! We thought that dinner-time was the best time to pay our visits.

Hide the eggs around your friend's yard.

Leave then empty egg carton (if you choose) with the Poem and Poster at the door step.

Ring the bell, and run!!

Here we are waiting from afar as Wesley's best friend is discovering the surprise.

Thanks everyone! We used plastic eggs from previous years, and I bought a few bags of candy. Though... we could have just done with some jelly beans in the eggs. So really, it didn't cost much to pull off. We chose to do four houses, only because the kids were so tickled to do this with their friends, they couldn't decide who NOT to include. They loved it!

I have read about the holloween phantom, but this is such a great idea!

I am having a giveaway on my blog. $20 store credit from My Carrie Creations to get a backpack withyour kids favorite disney/other cartoon(Dr.Suess/Fancy Nanacy and more) characters. All you have to do is leave a comment.http://houseonashwelllane.blogspot.com/2011/03/20-store-credit-from-my-carrie.html

This is GREAT! We did something similar to this for Valentine's Day- we called it a Heart Attack. We just left plates of goodies with a scripture and a note. It's such a great way to teach kids to love serving others!

We did it this weekend. My daughter picked a friend from school. I looked up her address and we did it after church when we knew they'd be at lunch. It was the wrong house! Guess someone got a surprise!

Not sure if mentioned but another version of the poem mentions leaving 1 egg empty to signify the empty tomb once Jesus rose from the dead. If you know their religion could be a nice addition. Either way a fun & inexpensive idea!

This is such a great idea and I really want to do this with my son this year. I just downloaded the poem but the first page has a large pink box where it should say "Egged". I'm not sure if others have had this problem (I have a Mac). Also, there is a box around the egg image on the 2nd page that looks a little funny and doesn't appear on the example on your website. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Our family has dome something similar for years to friends. We have done this not necessarily at Easter time either it fun to "egg" them and watch their faces as they open the door to a prank visitor. I love the note idea you have used and a comment from another to leave an egg empty for Christ. So much fun!!

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Hi! I'm Rachel. I am thrilled to have you here. I am a crafty mom with a passion for teaching. You will find lots of inspiration on these pages, so give the kids a coloring book and take a look around!